He’s come up with a theme for the 50th anniversary summer: honoring the great American muscle car.

Dan Elliott and the Monterays play at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 26, at Summit Dodge, 959 Hiawatha Blvd., and at the same time June 9 at the Bill Rapp Superstore, 3451 Burnet Ave., Syracuse.

At both dealerships, the band will raffle off two tickets to see the Beach Boys this summer at Darien Lake.

Those shows lead to two sets at that huge car-lover festival, the Syracuse Nationals at the state fairgrounds. Dan Elliott and the Monterays play at noon July 20 at the Midway Stage and 2 p.m. July 21 at Chevy Court.